Tacapancaka-kammatthana, Tacapañcaka-kammaṭṭhāna, Taca-pancaka-kammatthana: 1 definition

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Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Tacapañcaka-kammaṭṭhāna refers to: the fivefold “body is skin, ” etc, subject of kammaṭṭhāna-practice. This refers to the satipaṭṭhānā (kāye kāy’ânupassanā: ) see kāya I. (a) of which the first deals with the anupassanā (viewing) of the body as consisting of the five (dermatic) constituents of kesā lomā nakhā dantā, taco (hair of head, other hair, nails, teeth, skin or epidermis: see Kh III, ). It occurs in formula (inducing a person to take up the life of a bhikkhu): taca-p-kammaṭṭhānaṃ ācikkhitvā taṃ pabbājesi J. I, 116; DhA. I, 243; II, 87, 140, 242. Cp. also Vism. 353; DhA. II, 88; SnA 246, 247;

Note: tacapañcaka-kammaṭṭhāna is a Pali compound consisting of the words taca and pañcaka-kammaṭṭhāna.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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